Brianne.Langdon@ag.tamu.edu

zadavis@ag.tamu.edu

254-897-2809

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This year, we will be using the Remind.com

software to send out text message reminders.

To sign up to receive text messages this year,

text the message

@glenrose4h to 254-247-3498.

We promise not to overwhelm you with text

messages. We will use them for meeting re-

minders and any important reminders, such as

livestock validation dates/deadlines, major pro-

ject or contest entry

deadlines, project kick-off events, etc..

Somervell County 4-H

Newsletter

March 2015

March Meetings

Our 4-H Club Business Meeting is

scheduled for Tuesday, March 17th

2015 @ 6:00 at the expo.

The 4-H Shooting Sports Club will

meet on Tuesday, March 24th @

6:30 at the Holiday Inn Express.

Educational programs of the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service are open to all people without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information or veteran status. The Texas A&M University System, U.S. Department of Agricul-ture, and the County Commissioners Courts of Texas Cooperating

4-H Summer Camp Registration is now open for the 4-H Summer Camp at the Texas 4-

H Conference Center near Lake Brownwood. There is a new camp

being offered this year for ages 14-17 called Prime Time Extreme.

This program takes camp fun to a whole new level. It will include

advanced archery, advanced dance sessions, a color run and much

more!! There is also a challenge course with a giant swing, swing-

ing log and the Texas Screamer! Check out the brochure at the end

of the newsletter, choose the camp that fits your needs and register

here.

Brianne.Langdon@ag.tamu.edu

zadavis@ag.tamu.edu

Range & Plant ID Shelly Smajstrla, April Planer and Jennifer Miller have stepped up to lead this project. If you

are interested in participating, please let us know. Practice will start soon. The district con-

tests are Friday, April 10th and entries are due in our office by Thursday, March 26th. Want

to learn more... Click here or give us a call.

Dale McPherson Scholarship Each year the Somervell County Youth Fair Association

may award 2 $400 scholarships to graduating High School

Seniors. The deadline for submitting an application is April

1st. You’re welcome to drop by and pick up an application

in our office, or I can e-mail it to you.

National 4-H Congress is the flagship event of the National 4-H Program. Each year a

national design team of Extension educators, 4-H youth and 4-H adult volunteers ana-

lyze current youth issues and determine the most effective ways to address them. The

program combines a variety of fun and exciting educational, recreational and network-

ing opportunities. The program combines sessions, seminars, discussion groups, and a

service learning experience. The nation’s most outstanding community leaders,

speakers, and educators present the most current and timely information available.

This year’s congress will be held November 26th thru December 1st at the Hyatt Re-

gency in Atlanta Georgia.

Applications must be submitted on 4-H Connect by March 31st. Please contact us if

you’d like more information click here, or see the brochure at the end of the newslet-

ter.

Leaders 4 Life Leaders 4 Life Skill-A-Thon is a competitive event designed to challenge county 4-H Coun-

cil teams in their leadership skills, parliamentary procedure, and service learning. The con-

test will be April 30th in Belton and entries are due to our office by April 13th. Click here

for more information or give us a call.

Record Book Workshop! At our April business meeting, Laura Huebinger will be conducting a record

book workshop! This is a great opportunity get a start on your record book.

County Round Up This year’s County 4-H Roundup will be held on Tuesday, March 24th. Be thinking

about topics for Educational Presentations and Share-The-Fun contests. This is your

chance to have fun individually or with a group in acting, dancing, singing or playing mu-

sic in Share-the-Fun. Educational Presentations teach us how to create and

present information on a topic, complete with visual aids like a power point presentation,

references, and a question & answer session.

Both are GREAT projects and teach skills you will use all the time in school, college and

as an adult!

There will be 7 categories offered for Share-the-Fun:

Celebrate 4-H (a skit or song about 4-H and why it’s great)

Choreographed Routines (dances, synchronized performances)

Dramedy (comedy/drama)

Musical/Instrumental (instrumental only, piano, fiddle, etc.)

Poetry

Solo/Band Performance (instrumental or vocal combo)

Vocal (a capella or with a recording)

Each entry may have 1 to 9 participants. If you’re interested in participating, please con-

tact the County Extension Office.

District Round-Up will be April 18th in Meridian!

Photography Contest County photography contest entries will be due to our office by

5pm March 2nd. You may e-mail them to me by clicking here or

if you prefer, you can bring them in on a disk or jump drive. Dis-

trict photography contest entries will be due March 16th. You can

view the categories and contest rules by clicking here. There is

also a ton of helpful information here.

Save the Date! Horse Camp will be the First Week of June. We are working

on ironing out all of the details and will update you as soon as

possible.

Family Consumer Science Updates

Shooting Sports Updates

Recipe Rally 2015 In the Recipe Rally, 4-H members are challenged with selecting, creating and/or altering a recipe

and submitting a video of them demonstrating the preparation of the recipe. Recipes should be a

healthy main dish that tie to the theme “Bringing Texas to the Table.”

The contest is open to Intermediate and Senior 4-H Members. Video’s must be no longer than 8

minutes and will be uploaded to YouTube. Video’s will compete against each other for selection to

be part of Dinner Tonight with the Texas 4-H Cooking School. Entries are due April 1st! For a

complete set of rules and more information click here.

Upcoming Events We regularly add events to our county website. Check it

out today! Bosque County Archery Tournament

March Madness Invitational

Henderson County Whiz Bang

Fayette County Whiz Bang

Texas 4-H Indoor Archery Match

Shooting Sports Extravaganza

Taylor County Whiz Bang

Madison County Whiz Bang

Tom Green Whiz Bang

Dallas County Invitational

Brianne.Langdon@ag.tamu.edu

zadavis@ag.tamu.edu

Important Dates March 1st - Rifle, Archery &

Shotgun Practice

March 5th- Brownwood

(Extravaganza) Registration

Opens

March 8th - Shotgun & Archery

Practice

March 15th- Rifle & Shotgun

Practice; Postal Score Submittal

March 22nd - Shotgun & Ar-

chery Practice

March 24th - Business Meeting

March 29th - Shotgun & Ar-

chery Practice

We did it!! Our first shooting sports fundraiser is in the bag. We can’t say thank you enough to

everybody that came out to help make this event such a great success. We truly have the best

parents an organization could ask for. Thank you for supporting our club and our kids!

LIVESTOCK UPDATES

Brianne.Langdon@ag.tamu.edu

zadavis@ag.tamu.edu

Houston ~ March 2 - March 22

Austin ~ March 13 - March 27

Major Stock Shows Stock show season is upon us and with that comes plenty to remember. We have compiled a

major stock show handbook to help you. If you would like one just stop by and ask or shoot

me an e-mail! Anyone receiving passes for stock shows will be called as they are available.

For important info please click the links below.

Houston: rodeohouston.com

Austin: rodeoaustin.com

Livestock Judging Practice Livestock judging practice is in full swing. If you’d like to

learn more, give us a call!

2015 TCFA Junior Fed Beef Challenge The Junior Fed Beef Challenge focuses on the practical experience of feeding commercial

beef cattle. This program stresses the importance of proper animal husbandry and financial

management. This is a multifaceted competition that includes feeding out cattle for market, a

record book, interview/presentation and a written exam. Steers must be validated by March

28th and the contest is on August 1 in Canyon, TX. For more information and to view the

brochure click here.

LIVESTOCK UPDATES

4-H Scales & Clippers The 4-H program has scales to weigh your animals and clippers to

clip them, also. If you would like to use these items, you may check

them out from the office. We ask that you return them in 2 days so the

next person can use them. There will be a $10 refundable deposit and

a $10 rental fee in order to rent the clippers. Please be sure to return

the clippers clean and ready for the next person to use.

Exhibitor Cards We have exhibitor cards for your livestock

show pens. If you want one come by the office

and we’ll get you set up!

Photos Be sure to take pictures of you and your project and/or team practic-

ing or competing. Send them to us and we’ll put them on our

webpage. This will allow us to let the community know what we’re

up to, and you’ll have great pictures for your Record Book!

2015 State Fair of Texas Lamb & Goat Validation If you plan on showing lambs or goats at the State Fair this year, it’s time to

place your tag orders. Tags will cost $15 each and we’ll be placing the order in

April. You must call or e-mail stating that you need tags for the State Fair -

Don’t assume we know!

2015 Horse Validation If you plan on showing at the District or State Hose Show this year, you MUST validate a

new horse or re-validate one that has been previously validated in 4-H Connect.

The Validation Period is: March 1 - April 15th for $10 per horse; April 16th - May 1st for

$20 per horse. Click here for validation instructions.

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1Shotgun &

Rifle Practice

Horse Vali-

dation Open

on Connect

2 County

Photography

Entries Due!

3

4

Livestock

Judging Prac-

tice

5

Brownwood

Registration

Open

6 7

District CDM

& Nutrition

Quiz Bowl

8

Shotgun &

Archery

Practice

9 10

11 12

13

14

15

Shotgun,

Rifle & Ar-

chery Prac-

tice

Postal Score

Submittal

16 District

Photography

Entries Due!

District Ento-

mology Con-

test

17

4-H Meeting

18 19 20 21

22

Shotgun &

Archery

Practice

23 24

County

Round Up

Shooting

Sports Meet-

ing

25 26

Range &

Plant ID

Entries Due!

27 28

29

Shotgun &

Archery

Practice

30 31

March 2015

Extra-Curricular Activities & 4-H Eligibility

As an educational agency, the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service supports the Texas Education code

and academic responsibility of student 4-H members. The Extension sponsored 4-H youth programs must

comply with provisions of the Texas Educational Code in order for the 4-H program to maintain status of an

extracurricular organization.

When 4-H members participate in competitive events or when a member is participating in any 4- H

event that will require him/her to be absent from school, the Extension Agent must submit a written

request to the appropriate school official prior to the activity. The school will determine if the students

are eligible for participation and notify the agent. If parents have any questions they should contact the

school administration.

April Dates to Save

April 10th - District Range &

Plant ID

April 11th - District Horse

Judging

April 14th - Business Meet-

ing

April 15th - Last day to

Validate Horses for $10

ea.

April 18th - District Round

Up; Brownwood Shoot

April 25th - District Live-

stock, Meat, & Soil Judging

SPRING BREAK

As always... Call us

if you need anything

or have any ques-

tions. We’re here to

help you!

Spring Contests The first round of Spring contests has district competitions in March. The second round of con-

tests fill up the month of April, bleeding over into May. Below are some of the

projects/contests offered in the Spring. You can find out more about these projects on the Dis-

trict 8 4-H website: http://d84-h.tamu.edu. If any of these interest you as a 4-H’er or adult

volunteer, please contact Zach or Brianne. We are happy to assist in any projects a 4-H’er

wants to do, but it takes adult leaders & volunteers to help us make it happen.

Nutrition Quiz Bowl Age Divisions: Junior/Intermediate & Senior

District Contest Date: March 7th The Quiz Bowl involves teams of three or four members. Two teams

compete against each other at one time, answering questions related to

nutrition, food safety, dietary guidelines, food preparation, food

preservation, MyPlate, health, and consumer information with the use

of an electronic buzzer system.

Consumer Decision Making Age Divisions: Junior/Intermediate & Senior

District Contest Date: March 7th Consumer Decision Making is a judging contest designed to teach kids

to observe, compare and make consumer based decisions based on

facts. Teams of 3-4 members individually use their consumer

knowledge to rank similarly based products to fit a given scenar-

io. Kids learn to organize their thoughts and to defend their decisions

in oral reasons.

Horse Judging Age Divisions: Junior/Intermediate & Senior

District Contest Date: April 11th

Teams of three or four members individually evaluate mul-

tiple classes of 4 horses for composition and performance.

Teams all compete at once, judging the same sets of clas-

ses. Both age groups give oral reasons on a specified num-

ber of predetermined classes.

Entomology Age Divisions: Junior/Intermediate & Senior

District Contest Date: March 16th

The entomology project familiarizes youth with the insect

world by studying, collecting and identifying various in-

sects. Individuals or teams of 3-4 members individually

identify insect specimens by scientific name.

District Rifle Contest Age Divisions: Junior, Intermediate & Senior

District Contest Date: May 2nd, 2015

The District Rifle Contest is a competitive shooting contest

with several different categories Seniors can qualify for

State at the Texas 4-H Roundup.

Livestock Judging Age Divisions: Junior/Intermediate & Senior

District Contest Date: April 25th

Livestock judging is the process of evaluating, selecting,

placing, and learning the various livestock

species–cattle, sheep, goats and swine. Judging is the foun-

dation of any 4-H livestock project.

Range & Plant ID Age Divisions: Junior/Intermediate & Senior

District Contest Date: April 10th

The range science project develops knowledge and skill in

practical range and ranch management. The Plant ID contest

familiarizes 4-H’ers with native pasture plants & grasses.

Teams of 3-4 compete individually judge scenarios and

identify plant specimens.

Leaders 4 Life (Parli. Pro) Age Divisions: Junior, Intermediate & Senior

District Contest Date: April 30th

The Leaders 4 Life Program provides resources to equip

clubs in conducting high quality leadership training,

parliamentary procedure training, and service

learning activities.

Sponsored by HOWARD COLLEGE

June 7, 8, & 9, 2015

Howard College Agriculture Department at the Howard College G.C. Broughton, Jr. Agriculture Complex

INSTRUCTION IN: INSTRUCTORS

* Selection Kenneth Dudensing, Sweetwater Richard Long, Sterling City

* Health and Management Jackie McDonald, Brownwood Joel Lanier, Seminole

* Feeding Cody Lanier, Boerne Marshall Eaton, Tuscola

* Exercising Cade Wilson, Brownwood Greg Hogg, Seminole

* Washing and Shearing Sam Silvers, Junction Michael Collins, Idalou

* Classifying

* Showmanship

(with hands-on instruction)

COST: $85.00 per person for meals and awards. Each entrant will receive a camp cap or tee shirt. Camp participants must be nine (9) years old or entering the third grade. **Add $50 per lamb provided by Howard College. (This is if you are not bringing your own lamb.) If possible please bring a lamb!

Adult supervision is required. **Please note: **Hotel reservations must be made by the participants. (Housing is not provided) The Holiday Inn Express will serve as the host hotel. Mention the camp for the special rate. Rates set at $119/night. Contact Holiday Inn Express at 432-263-5400 for reservations. Meals by College Cafeteria (3 meals included)

SCHEDULE 9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m......................Arrival & Check-In (at G.C. Broughton Ag Complex)

1:00 p.m...........................................Sunday, June 7th First Panel Discussion

11:00 .......................................Tuesday, June 9th Presentation of Awards

MAIL ENTRIES TO: Cash Berry Howard College 1001 Birdwell Lane Big Spring, Texas 79720

Please make checks payable to Howard College!

DEADLINE: ** First 200 Paid Entries Accepted ** NO REFUNDS AFTER MAY 1st!

For More Information Contact: Cash Berry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432-264-5110 (Office) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432-517-0505 (mobile) Lane Halfmann . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432-264-5132 (Office) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432-270-2537 (mobile) C.E.A. Office, Tommy Yeater . . . . . . . . . 432-264-2236 (Office)

Download the

Registration Form Click Me!

Sponsored by HOWARD COLLEGE

June 14, 15, & 16, 2015

Howard College Agriculture Department at the Howard College G.C. Broughton, Jr. Agriculture Complex

INSTRUCTION IN: INSTRUCTORS * Selection Robert Scott, Lubbock Chad Coburn, Sterling City * Health and Management Glen Martin, Mason Chase McPhaul, Big Lake * Feeding Dr. William Edmiston, Eldorado Josh Smartt, San Angelo * Exercising Doug Hawkins, Cleburne Aaron Custer, Coahoma * Washing and Shearing Brad Roeder, Fredericksburg * Showmanship (with hands-on instruction)

COST: $85.00 per person for meals and awards. Each entrant will receive a camp cap or tee shirt. Camp participants must be nine (9) years old or entering the third grade. **Add $50 per goat provided by Howard

College. (This is if you are not bringing your own goat.) If possible please bring a goat!

Adult supervision is required. **Please Note: **Hotel reservations must be made by the participants. (Housing is not provided) The Holiday Inn Express will serve as the host hotel. Mention the camp for the special rate. Rates set at $119/night. Contact Holiday Inn Express at 432-263-5400 for reservations. Meals by College Cafeteria (3 meals included)

SCHEDULE 9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m......................Arrival & Check-In (at G.C. Broughton Ag Complex)

1:30 p.m..........................................Sunday, June 14th First Panel Discussion

11:00 ........................................Tuesday, June 16th Presentation of Awards

MAIL ENTRIES TO: Cash Berry Howard College 1001 Birdwell Lane Big Spring, Texas 79720

Please make checks payable to Howard College!

DEADLINE: **Only the First 200 Paid Entries will be Accepted-Get them in early! NO REFUNDS AFTER MAY 1ST !

For More Information Contact: Cash Berry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432-264-5110 (Office) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432-517-0505 (mobile) Lane Halfmann. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .432-264-5132 (Office) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432-270-2537 (mobile) C.E.A. Office, Tommy Yeater. . . . . . . . 432-264-2236 (Office)

Download the

Registration Form Click Me!